NAICS 523140: Commodity Contracts Brokerage
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as principals (i.e., investors who buy or sell for their own account) in buying or selling spot or futures commodity contracts or options, such as precious metals, foreign currency, oil, or agricultural products, generally on a spread basis, or acting as agents (i.e., brokers) in buying or selling spot or futures commodity contracts or options on a commission or transaction fee basis.

Illustrative Examples:

Commodity contract trading companies
Commodity contracts brokerages
Commodity futures brokerages
Futures commodity contracts dealing (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing commodities to investors)

ExioML sector: Services auxiliary to financial intermediation (67)
Region: US | Year: 2022
Sector value added: 469981.27788 M EUR | Employment: 1762.64749713 thousand persons
Sector GHG emissions: 5220632767.54 kg CO2 eq | Energy carrier net total: 101436.728861 TJ | Carbon intensity: 0.011108171778861755

Company: Hansen-Mueller Co
Hansen-Mueller Co. operates in the commodity trading business. The Company trades commodities such as soybeans, wheat, and oats, and also provides feed grain processing and commodity logistics services, including grain loading by trucks from farm to ocean vessels.